Everything is scary when someone you love is diagnosed with Cancer. My mother was diagnosed with Breast cancer last summer. What was supposed to be the lowest stage of cancer turned out to be a higher stage that was also found in a lymph node. So started all the appointments with providers to figure out a treatment plan for her. My mother was very overwhelmed and scared. On the first day of treatment, the first person we met was her nurse. She was so caring and compassionate. She could tell how scared my mother was with the unknowing of how the treatment would impact her body, mind, or her quality of life. She took my mother's hand and explained everything that would be happening with the chemotherapy treatments, answering any questions that she had. When the time came for the first infusion, she saw how nervous my mother was. She asked if she could pray with my mom before beginning the infusion. Which meant a lot to her. After my mother's first treatment, she had a lot of side effects. She listened to my concerns for my mother and helped come up with a plan to get her through the side effects till she saw the provider. Every time my mom had her as her infusion nurse, she has been amazing, kind, caring, and compassionate. The true embodiment of who a nurse should be. 

On my mom’s last day of chemotherapy. She told me that her nurse was sick and was not there to give her an infusion. But even though she was sick she still had put together a video that she sent to one of the other nurses to show my mom on her last treatment day. Saying how proud she was of her strength during her treatment and that she wishes her the best on her journey. I cannot thank her enough for all she has done for my mother during this hard time in her life. She is an exceptional nurse!